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Esl Training Guide For Prospective Refugee Teachers, Gail Virginia Reynolds

MA TESOL Collection

The primary purpose of this guide is to aid ESL teachers and non-professional relief workers who work in the capacity of teacher trainers.

Mini-Course In Demystifying American Spelling: An Historical And Comparative Perspective, Ingrid Prouty

MA TESOL Collection

This paper is intended as a practical guide to presenting selected areas o£ spelling problematic £or ESL students and native English speakers. The focus is on the history o£ the English language and comparison with other Indo-European languages as a means of clarifying English spelling "idiosyncrasies”.

The study begins with an explanation of the historical and comparative viewpoint and suggestions for its application. The chapters are presented in lesson format and followed by several activity possibilities. The appendices provide a compendium of background information and classroom materials relating to the individual chapters. The glossary and annotated bibliography are provided for …

An Advanced Study And Discussion Guide To Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse- Five, With Exercises In Grammar, Vocabulary Development, Idiomatic Expressions, And Creative Thinking., Kevin James O’Brien

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This project was written for advanced learners of English with experience in reading and talking about literature. The introduction provides a brief overview of the story, explains why this book was chosen, and contains suggestions for the teacher in dealing with the unorthodox structure of Slaughterhouse-Five. There follow preparation questions for the students, to be gone over before starting the book.

Each following section, numbered after a corresponding chapter in Slaughterhouse­ Five, is made up of prereading questions, explanation of difficult words and phrases, exercises for idiomatic expressions, work with either grammar points or vocabulary, and questions for discussion and …

Natural Literacy: The Link Between Reading And Writing For The Emergent Reader, Kathleen Cameron

Theses Digitization Project

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Ten Crossword Puzzles For The Esl Classroom, Sheri Kramer Georgiadis

MA TESOL Collection

This is a group of crossword puzzles ranging in level from advanced beginning to advanced. The titles of the puzzles are: In a Restaurant, Irregular Verbs, Two-Word Verbs, Body, Food, Clothes, Animals, Weather, Proverbs, Emotions. Also, included in the introduction are some suggested ways to use the puzzles.

Teacher’S Manual Sra Based Listening Course, (Kc) Kathleen Ann Cassidy Barnes

MA TESOL Collection

This manual is a guide to using the SRA materials for listening and notetaking. The lectures cover a variety of topics from a low to high intermediate level and become progressively harder. They have also been labeled according to organization function. Therefore a teacher can choose a listening assignment in this manual by level, topic, or function. Specific material is provided for each function to give the teacher background information for the initial presentation. Beyond this, each individual lesson includes vocabulary words and suggested classroom activities. The format is fairly simple and direct. It is intended as a first step …